B’Haram renames Mubi, rejects polls in Adamawa

Militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, has renamed Mubi as ‘Madinatul Islam,” meaning the city of Islam.

The action is further confirmation that the sect was in total control of the town which it recaptured last
week after troops stationed there withdrew. Boko
Haram had earlier hoisted its flag in some parts of
the town, including the Palace of the Emir, which serves as its administration headquarters.

On Monday, the sect announced the introduction of Sharia and the amputation of 10 people in the town,
the second largest in the state.
A trapped resident, Aliyu Bala, who disclosed the renaming of Mubi on Tuesday, also said that the
sect had set up check-points in strategic parts of the community.

“They are keeping vigil in every nook and cranny of the town and calling on residents who ran away
to come back to their homes. They are also asking those in communities in the four Local Government
Areas which they captured to return because their safety will be assured,” Bala added.

He said that despite the assurance that they would be better protected under an Islamic Caliphate,
some residents of Mubi, who stayed back when the insurgents stormed the town, were sneaking out.

A lawyer, Sunday Wugira, who went to Maiha to pick up his aged parents who fled to the village
when Mubi was captured, also confirmed thatvmany trapped residents were secretly fleeing.

He said, ‘‘I was in Maiha a few hours ago, the plight of the people I saw was simply beyond imagination. We were in a commercial bus when
some fleeing soldiers said we must adjust for the to get space in the bus.”